Thai Ipomoeeae (Convolvulaceae)

The largest tribe of morning glory family in Thailand

Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult.

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"Notes: Plains, Moist Localities"

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Brief:

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber

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Distribution:

"Karnataka: S. Kanara Kerala: Kasaragod, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram Tamil Nadu: All districts"

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Distribution:

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Global Distribution

Peninsular India and Sri Lanka

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: Kasaragode, Kollam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode

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Diagnostic:

"Stems herbaceous, decumbent and the tips, twining, rooting at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves alternate, rounded-cordate to subreniform, 4-8 cm long, basally cordate, apically rounded, glabrescent. Inflorescences of solitary flowers or in axillary or terminal simple or compound cymes, glabrous or puberulent. Flowers on pedicels 14-24 mm long. Sepals unequal, the outer 5-6 mm long, the inner 10-12 mm long, elliptic to ovate, coriaceous, rounded apically, mucronate, glabrous, verrucose. Corolla lavender to purple, rarely white, 6-8 cm long, funnelform. Fruits tardily dehiscent capsules, subglobose, 10-12 mm long, brown, glabrous; seeds brown to dark brown, 6-7 mm long, minutely gray-pubescent."

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Diagnostic:

Habit: Herb

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Isosyntype for Ipomoea nymphaeifolia Griseb.
Catalog Number: US 47442
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): C. Wright
Locality: Greater Antilles, Cuba, West Indies

  • Isosyntype: Grisebach, A. H. R. 1866. Cat. Pl. Cub. 203.
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General Habitat:

Damp fields

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Cyclicity:

Flowering and fruiting: October-December

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Ipomoea asarifolia:

Ipomoea asarifolia is a species of plant in the Convolvulaceae family, of the genus Ipomoea.

References

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